The screams of a grief-stricken Candice Riley permeated the church when the coffin of her late daughter Ashanti, 18, was wheeled into it for the funeral service yesterday.
Ashantiâs father, Lenwin Barrow, siblings Aaliyah Riley, Nanyamka Wellington and Jonathan Riley, along with their close friends and well-wishers, wept uncontrollably.
It was impossible to miss the black masks mourners wore with the message âIn loving memory of Ashanti Rileyâ.
Other members of the congregation at the Mt DâOr Seventh Day Adventist Church shook their heads in shame and disgust at the tragedy which had befallen beloved Ashanti.
Delivering the eulogy, Ashantiâs sister, Aaliyah, said she was âblessedâ to have Ashanti as a friend.